# How reliable and unreliable is this site? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 6, 2024, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170 "2024-02-06T05:59:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170/21 "2024-02-06T15:31:33Z")
> [@Jagraze1](#): > > Except, I just saw someone’s thread get locked cause they were spamming Yes - that’s a sign of reliability. The places where spamming goes unmoderated are much less reliable. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170/22 "2024-02-06T15:40:32Z")
It used to be, but then they fixed being a injection site for malware a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Jagraze1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jagraze1/32/14870_2.png) [@Jagraze1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jagraze1)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170/23 "2024-02-06T15:45:29Z")
Alright, this is unreliable. _emphasized text_ Sites don’t get injections ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170/24 "2024-02-06T16:09:42Z")
Thar would be a figure of speech. In this context, synonyms could include insertion, entry, “back door” and many other words. Using a figure of speech is not by itself a measure of how reliable a statement may be. ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170/25 "2024-02-06T16:12:14Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Orders of magnitude more reliable than Quora and what was Yahoo! Answers (I assume it doesn’t exist anymore.) I don’t think I have ever seen a useful answer on either of those sites? To the extent that I never seek them out, and if one shows up, I skip it immediately… ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170/26 "2024-02-06T16:13:32Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Our two weapons are intelligence and knowledge, and ruthless efficiency. When do they hand out the nice red uniforms? ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170/27 "2024-02-06T16:22:39Z")
> [@xtenkfarpl](#): > > When do they hand out the nice red uniforms? You only get it if you bring us a Shrubbery! (I know, I am mixing skits…) ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170/28 "2024-02-06T16:31:19Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Orders of magnitude more reliable than Quora and what was Yahoo! Answers (I assume it doesn’t exist anymore.) After they definitively established How Was Babby Formed, there was no reason to go on. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170/29 "2024-02-06T19:26:16Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Yeah, but I make most of the punctuation mistakes. I’ll contact Mr. Webster and ask him to change them to your method. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170/30 "2024-02-06T19:27:06Z")
No offense, but that’s pretty unreliable. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170/31 "2024-02-06T22:53:19Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > > [@Jasmine](#): > > > > Intelligence and knowledge are the things that impress people here. > > Our two weapons are intelligence and knowledge, and ruthless efficiency. THREE weapons, intelligence, knowledge, ruthless efficiency, and pedantry. All right, FOUR weapons. Intelligence, knowledge… ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170/32 "2024-02-06T23:08:50Z")
I for one am pretty reliable when I post sober. Don’t know much about pedantry, but my nitpicks are always spot on. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170/33 "2024-02-07T01:37:14Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > THREE weapons, intelligence, knowledge, ruthless efficiency, and pedantry. All right, FOUR weapons. Intelligence, knowledge FIVE weapons …intelligence, knowledge, ruthless efficiency, pedantry, and extreme repetition late at night while insufficiently sober. :gron: ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170/34 "2024-02-07T02:56:30Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Further to this topic, why would they call a company Reliant, rather than Reliable? Hey, that’s my line! It’s because they’re Reliant on the customer rather than Reliable to the customer. ETA I was thinking of Reliant Energy. ---
**Author:** ![vbob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vbob/32/4439_2.png) [@vbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vbob)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170/35 "2024-02-07T03:00:12Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > We’re pretty we can be relied on to cut to the salient points of another dopers comments… ---
**Author:** ![vbob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vbob/32/4439_2.png) [@vbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vbob)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170/36 "2024-02-07T03:02:00Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I’m pretty and we double down when we’re bending the rules… ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170/37 "2024-02-07T03:28:56Z")
> [@vbob](#): > > > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > > > We’re pretty > > and we double down when we’re bending the rules… Ok, so I need a reliable ruling on whether I have I broken a rule here. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170/38 "2024-02-07T03:33:04Z")
Nah…I’m pretty sure you’re sitting pretty. Thanks for calling me pretty tho’. Makes my day. 😊 Pretty funny, huh? I made me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170/39 "2024-02-07T03:42:44Z")
Nit-pickery, don’t forget. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170/40 "2024-02-07T03:47:39Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Nit-pickery, don’t forget. I don’t think it’s hyphenated. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-and-unreliable-is-this-site/997170.md?page=3)